{"product_id":"church-3-0-isbn-9780470529454","title":"Church 3.0","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn expert practitioner answers to questions about the burgeoning organic church movement\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNeil Cole's best-selling book \u003ci\u003eOrganic Church\u003c\/i\u003e described the fastest growing segment of contemporary Christianity-the so-called organic church. Now in this next-step book, he answers questions about how to deal with theological and organizational issues that come up. He talks about issues such has what to do with finances, children, heresy, leader training, and rituals and ordinances. Without the top-down structure of a denomination, even people who are proponents of this small, house-church model worry that they are not doing it right.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers an important resource for anyone involved with or thinking of starting an organic or house church\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAddresses practical issues of theology, rituals, doctrinal heresy, how to handle children, finances, and other important questions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by an acknowledged expert who is now and has been for over twenty years an organic church planter and practitioner\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA new Leadership Network title and follow-up to \u003ci\u003eOrganic Church\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChurch 3.0\u003c\/i\u003e offers solid information about organic churches based on Cole's extensive experience in starting, nurturing, and mentoring in the organic church movement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout Leadership Network ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction What About This Book? Shifting from Church 2.0 to 3.0 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One Global Changes Demand a Better Church 13\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 What About the World We Live In? From a Village Church to a Global Village 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 What About Our Changing Culture? From Ministry in a Modern World to Postmodern 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two Structural Issues 43\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 What About the Church's Mission? From Coming to Going 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 What About Church Growth? From Incremental to Exponential 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 What About Church Models? Part One: From Congregations to Networks 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 What About Church Models? Part Two: From Centralized to Decentralized 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 What About Larger Gatherings? From One-Size-Fits-All to Tailored Groups for Effective Function 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three Pragmatic Concerns 163\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 What About Evangelism? From Drawing Converts to Catalyzing Movements 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 What About Baptism and Communion? From Sacerdotal Rituals to Apostolic Genius 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 What About Kids? From a Scholastic Model to a Spiritual Family 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 What About Heresy? From Better-Trained Pastors to Better-Trained People 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 What About Finances? From Ten Percent to the Whole Enchilada 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion What About My Church? From Being Educated to Being Empowered 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Author 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eneil cole\u003c\/b\u003e is an experienced and innovative church planter and pastor. He is the founder of the Awakening Chapels, which are reaching young postmodern people in urban settings, and a founder and executive director of Church Multiplication Associates. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eOrganic Church\u003c\/i\u003e as well as \u003ci\u003eSearch and Rescue, Organic Leadership, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCultivating a Life for God.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eWhen Neil Cole’s best-selling book \u003ci\u003eOrganic Church\u003c\/i\u003e was first published, it described one of the fastest growing and most innovative segments of contemporary Christianity. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eChurch 3.0,\u003c\/i\u003e Cole makes the argument that Christianity needs more than new programs, buildings, or worship formats. It needs a complete upgrade to a new operating system. The early church shifted to a more institutional form in 300 \u003csmall\u003eAD\u003c\/small\u003e and has been stuck in the 2.0 operating system ever since. We are overdue for the next upgrade. \u003ci\u003eChurch 3.0 \u003c\/i\u003ediscusses issues such as how to deal with heresy, how to handle finances, what to do with children, and what to do with worship, rituals, and ordinances. Even the most enthusiastic proponents and practitioners of organic churches often wonder how to handle such matters in a faithful way. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrganic churches demand a shift from a program-driven and clergy-led institutionalized approach to one that is relational, simple, intimate, and viral in the way it spreads. Instead of seeing church as something that serves its people, church becomes people who serve God, one another, and a hurting world. Church is no longer an event to be at, but a family to be part of. Church is not a program to reach out to the world, but a people that bring God with them to the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on Cole’s extensive experience in starting, nurturing, and mentoring thousands of churches, \u003ci\u003eChurch 3.0\u003c\/i\u003e offers insight and information about how to make this shift to a more organic form of church.\u003ci\u003e Church 3.0\u003c\/i\u003e is an insider’s look at the important considerations necessary to release spontaneous church multiplication movements in a Western context.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988921139429,"sku":"NP9780470529454","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470529454.jpg?v=1761782058","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/church-3-0-isbn-9780470529454","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}